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Post by Muleskinner on Apr 26, 2012 14:29:53 GMT -8
I finally finished this rig after shelving it for various reasons. It has been in the making for about a year now and after all that time is ready to be shown. The original of this rig was built of parts from various wrecks in the shops of Cal-Pacific Lumber Companies truck shop in Hoopa California back in the mid Sixties and it prowled the roads between Wichippeck and Hoopa for many years after wards. I remember seeing her on the roads and if you did see her coming you had to find a wide spot quick as she was big and Wide and Heavy. A joke among we of the logging crew was; If you stood on top of the loads which were put on this truck you could hear the angles singing in heaven, she was stacked so high. Anyway she is finished and shown below. The Trailer electrical looms and Hookups were left white which for some reason on Cal-Pacific rigs they were also white. Anyway here she is, Big Foot the off Highway monster of Hoopa.     Thanks for looking. |
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Post by gator on Apr 26, 2012 16:23:58 GMT -8
Whooaa !!!! What a monster... I love it. The weathering is great. and the purpose built engineering is very evident!!
Gator
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Post by rnagle on Apr 26, 2012 17:37:27 GMT -8
That sure is a monster - almost looks like part Paystar and part Payhauler  ? An excellent replica, made even better by weathering - real hard working truck. Was there a specific reason for left hand stack? |
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Post by Muleskinner on Apr 26, 2012 18:05:35 GMT -8
That sure is a monster - almost looks like part Paystar and part Payhauler ? An excellent replica, made even better by weathering - real hard working truck. Was there a specific reason for left hand stack? Most of the drivers came from the old school and drove mainly by sound instead of sight when it came to the engine. They drove with their window down and listened to the sound of the engine through the stack and the vibration of the truck. Any variation in the normal sound they heard or the vibration and they would be looking for a place to pull over. You have to remember these rigs had no Jake(Maybe a few) and the gages were not like today and very few. The way they loaded these rigs it was better to be safe than sorry and have one run away with you as the end result was Catastrophic and the survival of the driver almost nil in an accident. William |
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Post by slurrydog on Apr 27, 2012 5:37:10 GMT -8
That is a really cool truck. Very nicely done.
I would liked to have driven that for a few miles just to see what it was like.
Dave
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Post by tufftin on Apr 27, 2012 8:20:40 GMT -8
Your weathering is absolutely outstanding!
And.....YES..we did drive by ear and it was damn hard to roll the windows up and learn to drive with the tach or the muffled sound from the stack especially when they started turboing these rigs. That really cut down on the noise from the stack. Then California came out with a noise law and use to sit on the freeway overpasses with a meter. They liked the Dunsmuir Canyon real well between Redding and Dunsmuir as you were either pulling or Jake Brakeing. We fought it for a while proclaiming that a muffler created to much back pressure for a turbo and would cause the failure of the turbo. We lost!
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Post by Joris Scholte on Apr 27, 2012 8:38:21 GMT -8
Cool rig, I love the weathering! Nice build!
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Post by albert on Apr 27, 2012 10:57:25 GMT -8
A real monster. That cab looks very familiar to me  Albert |
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Post by Muleskinner on Apr 27, 2012 11:00:16 GMT -8
A real monster. That cab looks very familiar to me Albert Albert, The whole rig is built around the ERTL Paystar 5000. William |
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Post by slurrydog on Apr 27, 2012 11:43:50 GMT -8
I learned how to drive by sound as well. Now guys come to my work to get a job and I have to take them for a drive test and they all say what rpm should I shift at and I have a hard time telling them because to this day I still do not use the tac that much, oil and water I look at all the time but not so much with the tac.
Dave
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Post by Ryan Rønning on Apr 27, 2012 13:46:38 GMT -8
That thing is a monster!
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Post by ap40rocktruck on Apr 27, 2012 15:58:15 GMT -8
Beastly, tough & massive.
great build
Ap40
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Post by boxer64 on May 2, 2012 13:15:27 GMT -8
Wow, I love this one.  Eddy |
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Post by jfisher on May 25, 2012 16:32:26 GMT -8
another great job! the weathering is great!!!
and it's an IH so what else can I say!
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Post by tiking on Jun 23, 2012 7:21:49 GMT -8
I'm lov'in this board with all the weathered trucks. Show trucks are great to look at but work trucks are what turns my wheels. Nice going.
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? An excellent replica, made even better by weathering - real hard working truck. Was there a specific reason for left hand stack?
